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Defence Minister Thandi Modise. (Photo by Michal Fludra/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

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Government has not compromised South Africa by not choosing sides in Russia/Ukraine war, Modise insists

Defence minister justifies her visit to Moscow amid war in Ukraine

Eunice Masson

South Africa’s defence minister, Thandi Modise. (Gallo)

Defence minister Thandi Modise in Moscow for security conference

Discussions about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are absent from the official programme

Eunice Masson